The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1887-10-15

This very startling assertion she has
written out in the minutest and most cir
Icumstantlal manner IN Il book which the
well known and reputable house of Bed
ford. Clark q Co. has just brought ont.
In the book, however, the names of the
real people who figure in the story are
changed just enough 10 conceal the iden-
tity of those mentioned. In conversation
Mrs Kent does not hesitate To tell the
real persons concealed under these ficti-
tious characters In the book England il
called Finland; the Count de Iundi IL
called Count de Lentz; Lady Anna Camp
bell is down as Lady Anna Crnwley, and
so on.
Whether Mrs Kent's story be true or
false, she undoubtedly believes IT. 10 the
letter Her resemblance to Queen Vic
toria is very marked The persons most
prejudiced against her, most skeptical Of
her story must admit that she looks enough
like Queen Victoria to be her daughter.
AS an offset TO this however, one must
remember that the queen has by no means
an unusual face. 1t is decidedly German,
and does not differ materially from hun
dreds of other German wOmen's faces.
Mrs. Kent may not he, AS she believes,
princess royal OF England, but In manner
and speech she is Enthusiastically lady.
Her voice Is sweet and cultivated, and re-
tans decided but attractive German &C
cent lockwood, who photographed her
for this sketch and has just returned from
England, said, tho moment he saw her,
"shc is the image OF Queen Victoria" All
others who have met her are astonished at
her resemblance to the portraits Of tho
queen. In paragraph addressed ITO
the Reader" at the outset OF her book,
she says:
| ON a Christian. I swear, by my hopes OF
eternal salvation. that with the exception OF the
names OF persons and places, the story told In
this boob Is absolutely aud. literally true. ! am
the daughter OF one Of the greatest queens on
earth; she who has usurped my place Is the wife
OF one OF the future masters Of the world Do
not In these pages look for literary charm for
romantic interest, or for frivolous distraction;
you will there find the truth regarding one of the
most monstrous niIuities ever perpertrated
S A
And paragraph in her preface says;
My work is not the offspring Of hatred or Of =
desire for revenge A long succession OF miseries
aud receptions has taught mo how TO pardon:
but cannot tamely submit To the ruin and
oblivion in which IL is sought to enshroud me.
In substance, this lady's story Is that
his royal highncss Francis Albert Angus
tus Charles Emanuel, prince consort, had
contracted Il morganatic marriage prior
to his brtrothnl to Queen Victoria. The
mOrganatic wife was Countess Reuss, and
she became the mother of daughter Mt
about the same time the queen presented
her husband with child OF the same sex.
About this time Prince Alberts c0un.
tess wife found her position not ut all to
her taste She effected II transfer Of
babies by corrupting the nurse Of Windsor
castle. So the true princess royal was
taken to the countess and the countess
baby grew up in the royal family MS the
queens first daughter. Soon after tho
transfer the countess died Before the
countess gave birth to her child, however,
she was married to the Count de Lundi.
The count was an old friend OF Prince
Albert's and he married the countess and
took charge Of the stolen baby To obpge
the prince.